The tourism industry in Mpumalanga is booming with majestic landscapes and wildlife.
Ask any South African what they love most about "the place where the sun rises" and many will immediately tell of the world-renowned Kruger National Park - one of the province’s most loved holiday destinations. But more than the nature reserve, Mpumalanga is home to some of the country’s most magnificent sanctuaries. From mountain ranges, valleys, rivers, waterfalls, forests, old towns, you name it - Mpumalanga really upholds its other name as the “Paradise Country”.
These people seem to think so too:
“The landscape in Mpumalanga is majestic, especially Barbeton. I can never get tired of road trips to MP.” - @Mokgatla Molepo
“Kruger National Park where you can find The Big 5.” - @Lelo_Coza
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Thanks to its natural beauty, Mpumalanga is considered among South Africa's top tourist attractions, which allows for a strong hospitality industry supporting many jobs in the area.
Even though Mpumalanga may be the second smallest province after Gauteng, it has the fourth-largest economy in South Africa. Large petrochemical industries such as Sasol II and III are found in the southern Highveld region where most manufacturing production takes place. In the northern Highveld, chrome alloy and steel are also products popularly manufactured in Mpumalanga.
The capital city Mbombela has become the commercial and administrative hub of the Lowveld. This is where industries are concentrated on manufacturing agricultural and raw forestry products. Mpumalanga is also well-known for its coal reserves. It houses the country’s major power stations, of which three are the largest in the southern hemisphere. For you the job seeker, this obviously means an abundance of mining and engineering job opportunities in these areas.
Beyond manufacturing, Mpumalanga offers an abundance of citrus fruit and a range of other subtropical fruit, including mangoes, avocados, litchis, bananas, papayas, granadillas, guavas and even nuts and a variety of vegetables.
And let’s not forget its people. Mpumalanga’s well-known Ndebele tribe are nothing short of vibrant, and in their traditional clothing and colourfully geometric designs of their grass huts, they’re hard to miss.
(A picture God's Window in Mpumalanga taken by Amanda Siyenga)
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